Audacity audio editor released new 3.7.2 version today. PPA updated for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Linux Mint 21/22.
The new Audacity 3.7.2 is a maintenance release contains primarily bug-fixes. There’s however a new UUID system that automatically generates random numbers for each copy of the app.
The UUID system will collect daily and monthly active users, and how often people use Audacity. And, for users signed up to the Audio.com service, the UUID would be shared and associated with Audio.com account.
As you see in the screenshot above, users have the choice to either Disable or Accept UUID on first app start. And, if you changed your mind, there’s an option to disable/re-enable the feature in Preferences -> Application dialog. See this thread for more details about the new UUID system.
Besides that, the release added back the “Residue” option in the Noise Reduction dialog, added a preference to turn off automatic tempo detection, and added a new “get effects” button next to the Upload Audio button.
Other changes include:
- Fix crash when applying some effects across multiple tracks if one track is empty.
- Fix some crashes emanating from the Mixer window.
- No need to update modules for patch releases.
- Add warning when saving a project created on old app version.
- Fix range-selection beyond the edge of a clip being destructive.
- Fix app freeze during cloud download.
- Fix AUSoundIsolation for macOS.
- Fix dark theme and appimage issues.
How to Install Audacity 3.7.2
Audacity provides Linux AppImage, macOS dmg, Windows exe, source tarball, as well as changelog in the Github releases page via the link below:
For Linux, there’s also community maintained Flatpak package for choice. And, I’ve built the new release package into this unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10.
NOTE: The PPA package follows Debian/Ubuntu upstream policy that disables networking for Audacity. Meaning, there’s no crash report, no UUID, and also no Audio.com upload support!
To add the PPA & install Audacity .deb package, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands below one by one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity sudo apt update sudo apt install audacity
